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A psychosocial vaccine against militarism

N A Coulter1

  • 1Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514.

Medicine and War
|January 1, 1994
PubMed

Insights

Militarism is identified as a psychosocial disease caused by a specific agent that alters consciousness, creating shared paranoid illusions. A psychosocial vaccine has been developed to offer immunity against this condition.

Area of Science:

  • Psychosocial studies
  • Conflict analysis
  • Neuroscience of conflict

Background:

  • Militarism is conceptualized as a psychosocial disease.
  • An etiological agent responsible for militarism has been identified.
  • This agent functions similarly to a computer virus, inducing unconscious alterations in consciousness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify the etiological agent of militarism.
  • To describe the mechanism by which militarism affects consciousness.
  • To present a novel psychosocial vaccine for militarism.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of militarism as a disease.
  • Identification of a specific etiological agent.
  • Development of a psychosocial vaccine based on identified mechanisms.

Main Results:

  • An etiological agent for militarism has been identified.
  • The agent causes a radical, unrecognized transformation of consciousness in conflicting parties.
  • This transformation leads to a mutually reinforced paranoid illusion.

Conclusions:

  • Militarism is a psychosocial disease with a defined etiological agent.
  • The agent's mechanism involves altering consciousness and creating shared delusions.
  • A psychosocial vaccine offers a potential method for achieving immunity against militarism.

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